Social Networking
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'Not all jobs created equal' for social sites
News Nature of business and sensitivity of corporate data key in deciding whether to block social networking sites at work, say industry watchers.
Friday, November 06 2009 06:11 PM
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security, Business security, Social Networking, Business security, U.S., job, Network security, International Data Corp.
Asian call centers target for social media
News Call centers, abound in India and Philippines, need to retool and deploy social media tools to say competitive in market, say top Salesforce.com execs.
Thursday, November 19 2009 04:41 PM
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., Marc Benioff, network, Web 2.0
Comfort, trust give Office edge over Google
News Microsoft will only offer hosted productivity suite next year, but Office has user familiarity, trust and resources that Google may not match, say analysts.
Thursday, November 19 2009 05:58 PM
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Google Inc., Social Networking Feature, Security, Microsoft Corp., Web Application, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Salesforce to offer social networking for companies
News Cloud computing specialist announces Salesforce Chatter service to build social networking services into customers' business operations starting in 2010.
Thursday, November 19 2009 10:03 AM
Tags: Web 2.0, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Facebook, Social Networking, Salesforce Chatter, Marc Benioff, CEO, network, Web 2.0
Being Twitter deft or Twitter dumb: is that the question?
Blogs Social networking has assumed immense importance in our lives. Over the last few months, we have seen how a tweet, a pro...
Wednesday, September 23 2009 12:28 AM
How tech-savvy should lawyers be?
Blogs I recently attended an event for lawyers involved in the technology field. When one of the speakers went up, he aske...
Wednesday, September 16 2009 01:02 AM
Survey: Over half of US workplaces block social networks
News A survey of companies' chief information officers reveals that only 10 percent of companies allow unlimited personal social-networking activity on the job and over half block it altogether.
Wednesday, October 07 2009 10:06 AM
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, Workplace, Twitter Inc., Survey, U.S., independent research firm, network, U.S. company
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
News IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
Tuesday, October 20 2009 09:33 AM
Tags: Networking technology, Network security, Social Networking, Security, Information Technology, network, Gartner Inc., performance, corporate computing, China
Tis season to be shopping online, at work
News Employees plan to spend 14.4 hours shopping online from work computers during this year-end festivities, highlighting need to keep systems secure, study finds.
Wednesday, October 28 2009 06:19 PM
Tags: Business security, IT training, Web sites, Social Networking, Employee, Computer, Survey, ISACA, Information Technology, Web sites
The lowdown on India's Web 2.0 generation
Blogs India's demographics (50 percent of India's population is below the age of 25 years) has been perceived as both a boon a...
Tuesday, August 18 2009 08:36 PM
Why don't we want to pay our teachers more?
Blogs In March 2007, I got the opportunity to visit the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was interesting to visit ...
Wednesday, September 09 2009 12:44 AM
Extending the job hunt to Web world
Blogs Over the past month, I've been scouring resumes of job applicants and have yet to come across one that points me to a so...
Friday, July 24 2009 11:26 AM
Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools
News Networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.
Tuesday, November 10 2009 11:26 AM
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Web 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Tool, Video
In Philippines, free ads site tops them all
Blogs Last September, just after typhoon Ketsana (locally known as "Ondoy") razed the Philippines, veteran IT chronicler Jim A...
Monday, November 09 2009 01:08 PM
Beyond CRM: How to improve customer interactions
Insight perspective Customers have much more power these days, so why do so many companies fail to build a proper strategy to engage them and win their loyalty? An analyst points out what needs to be done.
Thursday, October 01 2009 10:31 PM
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), Social Networking, Customer Loyalty, Communication, CRM, Tool, competitive advantage, Quocirca, Customer




